I'm having trouble groking how this helps:

<p><font size="-1><a href="#PINPAORToc" name="PINPAORTxt" style=text-decoration:none">...

The font size leaves me puzzled on two counts:
  1. since you're using css && your goal is reducing file size, why not make and use a one- or two-letter class name (saving at least two chars update: note 1)? ( sm(all) comes to mind). and...
  2. Why would you chose a font-size of -1 on a tiny-screen device?

Also:

Why are you bothering with name="..." when you're trying to reduce the char count. Yes, it's often good form for public HTML but on your fone?

If the original HTML is borked ( </center> ? ) and with other close tags out-of-order ( </b> before </font> (which is never seen) ), why not clean it up, first? I've often found that HTML that's as bad as what you display is also outrageously bloated. Think TIDY or maybe one of the HTML::... modules

Note 1 (an update): TANSTAAFL applies: I should say 'save two chars per instance, after paying back the overhead of the style def in the <head>' of course. But a style...</style> section in the head could also provide abbreviations for the likes of style=text-decoration:none

In reply to Re: search and using first letter of words on a line by ww
in thread search and using first letter of words on a line by naphelge

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